Couple’s tragedy in new chopper
From Huddersfield Examiner
PAUL and Linda Spencer died when their machine crashed moments after taking off from a luxury Yorkshire hotel where they had a holiday home. Mr Spencer, 43, and his 59-year-old wife ran artificial flower and decorations wholesalers Country Baskets, which has branches in Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow.
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Air crash wreckage to be removed
From BBC News
Air accident investigators are due to remove the wreckage of a helicopter which crashed at a North Yorkshire golf resort, killing a married couple. "Their family and friends have been left devastated by the tragedy, but can take comfort that at the time of the accident they were in one of their favourite places together and doing something they both loved." Insp Tad Nowakowski from North Yorkshire Police said: "It would appear to be a really tragic incident and our job now is to try to...
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Airplane hits cow on runway in Merauke
From Jakarta Post
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali Requesting countries' lack of efforts and political will has been largely blamed for failures in tracing and recovering stolen assets from developed nations, a workshop heard Thursday. The workshop, titled Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) for Asset Recovery, was part of the ongoing international conference of the State Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) in Nusa Dua, Bali. Another key problem Indonesia has faced, an...
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Hotel staff offered counselling after two die in helicopter crash
From The Northern Echo
HOTEL staff have been offered counselling after a helicopter crashed in its grounds killing a millionaire husband and wife. Emergency services were alerted by hotel staff and passing motorists who saw the helicopter crash in woodland on Saturday. Carl Boasman, from North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: "We received an emergency call reporting a helicopter had crashed in the grounds of Rudding Park Hotel, Harrogate. The couple had dined at the five-star hotel then took off in their...
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Vivacious: Victims of helicopter crash
From Yorkshire Post
AN INQUEST on a millionaire couple who were killed when their helicopter crashed near Harrogate was opened yesterday as crash investigators removed wreckage from the scene for further examination. The couple were certified dead at the scene after their Gazelle helicopter - a type originally built in the 1960s for military purposes but now in wide use commercially and privately - crashed only 800 yards from Rudding Park Hotel's helipad. Inspectors from the Department of Transport's Air...
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